I got sucked into the meteorite and finally had to check a walkthrough. It advises that I click and drag the planets into the meteors orbit, but the planets do not move. I stared the level over from a save but the problem repeats. Am I doing soemething wrong?

Yeah, this part is a little confusing, as the planets won't start to move right away like you think they would; so, even though a planet doesn't move, keep dragging your finger towards the middle of the screen...eventually the planet will come loose.